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The key route connecting the centre of HCM City, Dong Nai Province and Long Thanh International Airport has fallen into severe disrepair, with a range of potholes and craters.

Two divers in Quang Tri Province surfaced abruptly from a depth of 15-20 metres, causing decompression sickness that left one dead and the other in critical condition.

Several large rocks weighing tonnes tumbled from a cliff onto a road in the central province of Quang Ngai, threatening passersby.

The Ministry of Construction has announced plans to shut Ca Mau Airport for a year, starting from October 30, for upgrade work to increase its annual capacity to one million passengers by 2030.

Vietnamese airlines have had to delay and cancel many flights as Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to ravage the country.

R Ong Ha Hoanh, 78, went missing while foraging for mushrooms in Langbiang Ward, Dalat City, and was found 20 km from where he started after five days.

HCM City Children’s Hospital has urgently treated a 13-month-old Cambodian boy suffering from severe respiratory failure due to prolonged foreign body choking.

Vietnamese President Luong Cuong joined leaders of UN member countries and international organisations at a special ceremony in New York, USA, on September 22, marking the 80th anniversary of the UN.

Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District fined two cyclo drivers for charging an Australian family VND 1.2 million (approximately USD 49) for a short ride around the Old Quarter.

Anti-submarine frigate HMS Richmond of the British Royal Navy docked at Nha Rong Wharf, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 22, beginning a goodwill visit to the city.

A group of foreign tourists praised a Vietnamese bus driver after he braked in time to avoid a head-on collision on a winding mountain road in Tuyen Quang Province.

The authorities in Sapa, the northern province of Lao Cai, have proposed building a tunnel through Ham Rong Mountain to alleviate traffic congestion.

The Pham Van Bach Road expansion near Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has remained unfinished for 20 years, causing prolonged traffic hardship for residents.

Two young brothers, aged five and eight, were killed when a gate pillar at a school in Son Luong Commune, Lao Cai Province, collapsed as they were playing nearby.

President Luong Cuong has arrived in the US for the high-level general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) and bilateral activities in the country.

State President Luong Cuong has left Hanoi for the US to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA-80) and take part in a series of bilateral activities.

Young people are turning to sleep box cafés in central Ho Chi Minh City as a quick escape from the midday heat and to recharge during busy study or work schedules.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on ministries, sectors and localities to redouble efforts and ensure the country’s most important transport projects are completed on schedule.

The national telephone hotline for the prevention of human trafficking (111) was inaugurated on September 19 by the Ministry of Health.